Arkayvizyon 8

Arkayvizyon 8 is the 8th edition of the national final to select the song that will represent Arkaystia at the Maia Song Contest. 12 songs will compete for the chance to represent their country, seeing a reduction from the previous edition. Courtney Stodden was announced as host on the 10 May 2017 with Stefjan Kaysic joining her as co-host. The logo was revealed on 11 May 2017. The 8th edition would also see the return of the contest to the Glomrau Arena in Prekysta. The contest was won by first time participant Stella Mwangi who beat out Mariya Yaremchuk and Sonya Kay to take pole position. This marked the first contest to have the top 3 placing songs featuring non-English lyrics.

Format
For the eighth contest the number of songs was reduced to 12 and the voting system remained in line with that of the Maia Song Contest. Each nation's jury would rank the 10 songs with 12 points given to their favourite and 1 to their least, with the bottom two songs from each jury not receiving any points. The provincial vote was scrapped in favour of a new national televoting system which would distribute an equal number of points to that of the other national juries that voted in the contest.

Returning Artists
Vaults return to the competition for a third time after finishing 8th and 5th in previous attempts with their songs "All Four Walls" (with Gorgon City) and "Premonitions". Wrabel returns to the contest for his second appearance after previously finishing in 4th place with his song "11 Blocks".

Results
A playlist of the final is available here.

A recap of the final is available here.

A total of 1160 televotes would be distributed to match the amount of points given by the 20 international juries. The percentage share each song received would be converted into points and distributed accordingly.

Incidents
The Arkaystian Arkayvizyon committee was criticized for revealing its national final recap early by head of the Mafia stating it was "too early". In response the Arkaystian spokesperson Stefjan Kaysic revealed that their website had been hacked by serial hacker Natasha Bogdanova from Zycantia in response to her not making the cut. However, Bogdanova denied these claims which led to further disputes between the MBU and Arkaystia. Later that evening, NTA MaiaSC tweeted a gif of Wendy Williams smizing at the camera, perhaps suggesting that the leak was internal to the organization and deliberate. It is unknown if the MBU will take action against Arkaytsia. On the 19 May 2017 the NTA MaiaSC tweeted that no action would be taken again the organizing committee of Arkayvizyon.